Christian Devotional – March 17, 2025

Wisdom Squandered, Day 12

Take time to smell the roses. Read Ecclesiastes 6:1-6.

As we start to read through chapter 6 of Ecclesiastes, these first several verses talk about the importance of actually being able to enjoy the things that God allows us to have. Solomon has previously explained that the search for possessions in and of itself is a waste of time and utterly meaningless. But now, he says if you aren’t actually taking the opportunity to enjoy what he’s blessed you with, it is also a waste.

We see this happen so often as people are pursuing more and more stuff. They don’t recognize that they aren’t enjoying the things that they have. God allows us the possessions that we have, and God also provides us the opportunity to be able to enjoy those possessions. Whatever he has given us, he has given us so that we can praise him and bless others through those possessions.

People who are hoarding the things that God has given them will end up not being able to enjoy the things that God has given them, and that is a tragedy. God wants us to find joy in him, and sometimes that’s through the things that he allows us the opportunity to have.

Are we praising God through the things that we have? Are we enjoying him? If God has allowed us the opportunity to be near some roses, we should take time to stop and smell them. The same goes for every other possession that God allows us the opportunity to have. Are we praising God through our possessions.

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